installing SGML addon for Io and using it to get latest xkcd image

Io can be a PITA to install. SGML addon is an example of it.

things to try:
- install libsgml (from http://www.hick.org/code/skape/libsgml/ )
- cd /usr/local/lib
ln -s sgml sgml-1.1.4

- cp sgml/include/Variant.h sgml/Variant.h

- cd steved..../addons/SGML/
ln -s sgml sgml-1.1.4

It doesn't work unless you run io from /usr/local/lib
^ This is only a draft, tomorrow I'll clean it... sure.....
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Ok, say you already have SGML installed along with your Io instalation.

Today's toy problem is HTML parsing. I thought I'd do something web related (like my last squeaky google fight) . Well, This is the result. a Tiny script to get latest xkcd png and put it as a wallpaper using feh. The code has too many hardcoded things, but, you know... it's only a demo, right?
#!/usr/local/bin/io_static
# updates wallpaper with latest xkcd image
#
# kidd
#

XKCD := Object clone do (
      url := "http://www.xkcd.com"
      fetch := method(
         html := URL with(url) fetch asString asHTML
         urlImage := html elementsWithNameAndClass("div", "s") at(2) elementsWithName("h3") at(1) allText split(": ") at(1)
         File with("/tmp/sc.png") setContents(URL with(urlImage) fetch)
         return ("/tmp/sc.png")
     )
)

SGML
xkcd := XKCD clone
System system("feh --bg-scale " .. xkcd fetch .." ")

Let's hope next Io post will use some of Io's cool features, not just 'standard' code

Seeya!